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Auction 185, Lot 162

"Reconnoissance Map of the United States Showing the Distribution of the Geologic System so Far as Known. Compiled from Data in Possession of the U.S. Geological Survey", U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Subject: United States, Geology

Period: 1893 (dated)

Publication: U.S. Geological Survey Fourteenth Annual Report

Color: Printed Color

Size:
28.2 x 17.4 inches
71.6 x 44.2 cm
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This is the second geological map of the United States published by the USGS. The legend names and color-codes thirteen different geological types in twelve major groups. Compared to the first USGS edition this map presents new geological information in portions of California and the Pacific Northwest. But the map continues to show wide areas of unmapped territory in the western U.S., thus continuing the Survey's policy of caution in displaying areas having questionable or incomplete geological data. This approach contrasts sharply with the geological maps of academics such as C.E. Hitchcock, who prepared fully colored maps dating back to the 1870s. On this map the geography of the King, Hayden, Powell and Wheeler surveys are evident in the west.

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Condition: B+

Issued folding with light toning along the fold lines and a bit of color offsetting.

Estimate: $160 - $190

Sold for: $160

Closed on 11/17/2021

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